UN Climate Change Conference and Global Warming

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Global warming is a phenomenon of increase in the average temperature of the oceans and the Earth’s atmosphere, measured globally over several decades, reflecting an increase in the amount of heat at the Earth’s surface. In its common meaning, the … Read More

Gambling in Spain

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In the field of gambling (juego) and betting (apuesta), the Spanish legal system has remarkably changed in the last decades, going from a centralized system to a decentralized one. Gambling was decriminalized in 1977, by the enactment of the Royal … Read More

Climate change

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(Image composite ilustrating main factors affecting climatic change, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Climate_change-en.svg) A climate change represents a lasting change (from decades to millions of years) of statistical parameters (mean parameters, variability) of the overall climate of the Earth or its various regional climates. … Read More

A cunning of Jiro

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Jiro is fourteen years old. It’s a boy with an awakened mine, eyes as black as ebony, sparkling vivacity and intelligence. He never knew his father. This left for the other world, a few days after the birth of his … Read More

Book: THE DIVINE LAWS

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Everything in life, both on this Planet and in the entire Universe, follows The Divine Laws, whether we agree or disagree, whether we are aware or unaware.    We can live without being aware of them and this fact is … Read More

Poker: Courchevel

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Courchevel is a variant of Omaha. What distinguishes him is the flope of a single card that is returned after the blind, and the fact that each player receives 5 cards initially. Indeed the first flop card is turned up … Read More

The two cysts

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There once was a lumberjack named Kikorisuke. He had on the right cheek a huge sebaceous cyst. This infirmity afflicted him much; because every time someone saw him pass, laughed … especially young people. The lumberjack had on the right … Read More

Book: THE DECALOGUE FOR PARENTS AND CHILDREN

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The difference between a positive action and a negative one, between a good deed and a bad deed lies in our intention: a deed done out of a negative intention becomes bad (even if it has no negative consequences) and … Read More

Lottery Tax Rates in European Union

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Ranked from highest to lowest, with comparative-equivalent indications of national tax rates Rank Member State Rate of taxation as a percentage of gross revenue 1. Belgium Reserved to public sector and/or public interest objectives 1. Cyprus Reserved to public sector … Read More

The sparrow without tongue

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In the village of Nagatani, once lived, in two neighboring houses, a good old man and a nasty old woman. The first was called Nasakeji, the second Arababa. The old man loved birds. He has, especially for sparrows, a marked … Read More

Praying for health

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It seems relevant to me to share the example of a person I know, who started suffering from a dermatological problem, which got complicated: any small scratch would rapidly transform into a swollen area, with blisters which spread on larger … Read More

Economics of Gambling in Lithuania

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Traditionally gambling, with the exception of lottery, has not been permitted in Lithuania due to the strong Catholic influence in the country. However, gaming was legalised in Lithuania the Gaming Law became effective in July, 2001.This Law established the conditions … Read More

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